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Oct 11, 2012

Security Envelope Project(s)

When the post arrives, we are greeted with one envelope giving us money, or at least telling us that in theory we have money, but not for long - because the next envelope will take it away from us in the form of a bill or bank charge.

We throw these discarded envelopes into the trash without even noticing the amazing designs inside or think about the projects that could be achieved with a small amount of imagination and a little bit of time.

Not to frighten anyone, but Christmas is only 10 weeks away. It's a good
a time as any to start saving a few pennies and start making your own
decorations, especially with these fascinating graphic designs.

If you happen to get a lot of larger security envelopes and manage to collect enough, then you could occupy yourself with one of my favourite, and coincidentally, one of my own projects. A handmade notebook.

Unfortunately, the link to the above photo leads to a dead end but over at Bee Inspired there is a wonderful tutorial for book binding, which can be found here or a much simpler version found here.

Alternatively, check out this great video for book binding on YouTube.

There is an absolute wealth of ideas to explore with regard to these seemingly useless pieces of paper. In fact a quick search on Pinterest throws up 100's of ideas to consider. The least of which is to decorate inexpensive plain white stationary, like this idea from A Little Hut which also finds a great use for the discarded transparent window panels and turning them into bookmarks.